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Fresenius Conference in Mainz to discuss the risks, opportunities and assessment of biopesticides

23.02.2018

The market for biopesticides, biofertilisers and biostimulants continues to grow. However, numerous questions on authorisation and risk assessment are still waiting to be answered. The international “Biocontrol Conference”, to be staged by Akademie Fresenius, offers all the latest news, with up-to-date contributions from experts from the political field, the research sector and the industry. This conference will be taking place in Mainz/Germany on 5 and 6 June.

The experts will be discussing the latest findings and approaches in the risk assessment area – and many more topics. Representatives from the authorities in Germany and Europe will also be reporting on the challenges facing the development and application of test procedures to assess the risks for human health. A representative from the European Chemicals Agency ECHA (Helsinki) will be describing about their ongoing efforts to expand the scope of the European Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) to cover biological biocides.